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Why I’m giving Facebook another chance.

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If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you've seen me flood the pipes with multiple status updates about how unhappy I am with FB's latest round of privacy and API changes. In case you don't, allow me to summarize:   I find Facebook to be irresponsible with my personal data. The unbelievably popular website started off just a few years back as a service that only showed your data to people you affirmatively declared to be your friend. As can be seen by visiting the EFF's page, over the Read more [...]

Outraged about your cable bill? Not yet you aren’t.

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I’ve got thirteen channels of sh*t  on the TV to choose from. -‘Nobody Home’ by Pink Floyd The above quote is so archaic at this point in time that you want to tousle its hair and tell it how adorable it is. Have you looked at how many channels you have access to recently? The descriptor is still fairly accurate, though it’s through the eyes of the beholder. There are just way too many channels that I will never watch, and I’d love to not have to pay for them. Sports would Read more [...]

Dear Apple, it’s not you…it’s me.

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I’m done with iTunes and iPods and iWhatever. Last night, courtesy of the fine folks at Amazon.com’s shipping department, I received a 16GB microsd card for my Nexus One phone. I’ve been really looking forward to moving the rest of my mobile experience to the Android platform, which has really become an integral part of my life over the past couple of months. I use it for virtually everything now, and I’ve finally discovered what people must mean when they talk about a smart phone. Google Read more [...]

What the hell was I thinking?

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I have a very long commute. It's around 38 miles one-way, and depending on the day, the weather, and the time of departure, I'm looking at around an hour in the car. I cope by listening to a lot of audio books and podcasts, and it's generally a happy time, unless it's raining or there's a car fire. Seriously, that was yesterday morning. It took me two hours to get to work, and ran my collection of podcasts to dangerously low levels for the week. It happens...no big deal. Some days you're the Read more [...]

What you wear is important, but not necessarily for the obvious reasons.

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(This is a reposting of an article I wrote for a podcast I co-hosted, once upon a time.) Let me preface this entry by saying that I like to wear jeans and t-shirts as much as the next guy. Generally speaking, my wardrobe consists of more dark than a black hole. And we all know that if you’re going to be spending the day crawling around the raised floor pulling cables, common sense dictates casual clothes that don’t ruin easily. My organization’s dress code calls for business casual, except Read more [...]